Background: The important role of socio-economical factors in oral health and disease has been identified. Oral health literacy is associated with inaccurate knowledge about preventive measures such as proper brushing, dental care visits and oral health-related quality of life. Like general health literacy, oral health literacy incorporates the capacity a person has to learn and use information about oral health in making decisions about their oral health. Objective: This analytic type of cross sectional study was conducted to measure the Oral Health literacy Level (OHLL) and its relationship with socio-demographic characteristics among Bangladeshi adults seeking dental care.Materials and Methods: A total 100 subjects attended at the out patient's Dental Department of Ibrahim General Hospital-Mirpur for routine dental checkup over a period of six months from August 2014 to January 2015 fulfilled the eligibility criteria were selected consecutively. Pre-tested semi structured interviewer administrated questionnaires were used to collect the information. Cross tabulations and associations were determined by using the Chi-square test where applicable.Results: The mean oral health literacy score was 15.51 out of 30 and SD ±4.806 with 7% of respondents had very poor OHLL, 49% had poor OHLL, 41% had fair and 3% had excellent oral health literacy level. Oral health literacy level found more in age group of 30-39 years. The majority of excellent oral health literacy level was from graduate and above group. In addition, patients' sex, marital status and occupation were significantly associated with oral health literacy level as the P-values were 0.008, 0.002 and 0.021 respectively.Conclusion: Patients with inadequate oral health literacy were consistently more likely to report poor oral health than patients with adequate literacy skills. Future studies are needed to determine whether this framework is supported by empirical data and leads to improvements in oral health and reductions in health disparities.Anwer Khan Modern Medical College Journal Vol. 7, No. 1: Jan 2016, P 34-39

Background: The relationship between diabetes and periodontal diseases has been studied extensively during the past 50 years. Type 2 diabetes occurs mainly in people aged over 40, although it is affecting a growing number of young people. Patients with uncontrolled diabetes have poor resistance to infection with effects in mouth cavity and elsewhere in the body and show an unusually high susceptibility to periodontal diseases and increased susceptibility to acute lateral periodontal abscesses.

This descriptive type of cross sectional study was conducted to find out the proportions of periodontal diseases among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients at National Healthcare Network (NHN) Mirpur Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh using a pre-tested modified interviewer administrated semi structured questionnaire having purposively selected 120 samples. The study showed that 34.2% and 28.3% of the respondents were in the age group of 36 to 45 years and 46 to 55 years respectively with the mean age 46.95±10.31. Proportions of periodontitis were the highest approximately 56% followed by gingivitis was 32.5%. A highly significant association found between education level of the respondents and knowledge about cleaning teeth before going to bed and after breakfast (p=0.000). More than half of the respondents (55%) applied improper technique or method of tooth brushing followed by 39.2% applied mixed technique and the rest of 5.8% applied proper technique respectively. Although there was no significant relationship found between current smoker and periodontal diseases, chewing betel leaf was significantly associated with the occurrence of periodontal diseases (p=0.048). Multivariate logistic regression was also reveled this relationship. These periodontal diseases are multi-factorial diseases and the factors responsible for these diseases are preventable.DOI: http://doi.dx.org/10.3329/bjdre.v2i2.16242 Bangladesh Journal of Dental Research & Education Vol.2(2) 2012: 36-41

Human teeth are among the most distinctive and long lasting features of mammal species. Various quantitative and qualitative methodologies have been developed by the researchers in order to establish an assessment format to determine the correlation between the dental age and the chronological age. The morphological and radiological examinations of third molars make up a part of the orthodontic, pedodontic, forensic odontology and oral surgical treatments and remain the most reliable biologic indicator available for age estimation during the middle teens and early twenties. This age calculation requirement is not only for differentiating the juvenile from the adult status in criminal law cases, but also for chronological age estimation in relation to school attendance, social benefits, employment and marriage. A case for actual need for age estimation using a developing third molar is presented here DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjdre.v5i1.22456 Bangladesh Journal of Dental Research and Education Vol.5(1) 2015: 22-25

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